Duties of Custodian WITH RESPECT TO THE BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND NET INCOME The Custodian shall cooperate with and supply necessary information to the entity or entities appointed by the applicable Board to keep the books of account of each Portfolio and/or compute the net asset value per Share of the outstanding Shares or, if directed in writing to do so by the Fund on behalf of such Portfolio(s), shall itself keep such books of account and/or compute such net asset value per Share. If so directed, the Custodian shall also calculate daily the net income of each applicable Portfolio as described in the Prospectus and shall advise such Portfolio and the Transfer Agent daily of the total amounts of such net income and, if instructed in writing by an officer of the Fund on behalf of such Portfolio to do so, shall advise the Transfer Agent periodically of the division of such net income among its various components. Each Fund acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to investments maintained with the Underlying Transfer Agent, the Underlying Transfer Agent is the sole source of information on the number of shares of a fund held by it on behalf of a Portfolio and that the Custodian has the right to rely on holdings information furnished by the Underlying Transfer Agent to the Custodian in performing its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the duties set forth in this Section 9 and in Section 10 hereof; provided, however, that the Custodian shall be obligated to reconcile information as to purchases and sales of Underlying Shares contained in trade instructions and confirmations received by the Custodian and to report promptly any discrepancies to the Underlying Transfer Agent. The calculations of the net asset value per Share and the daily income of each Portfolio shall be made at the time or times described from time to time in the Prospectus.
Duties of Contractor The Contractor shall provide the following services relative to this Contract:
Duties of Company The Company shall at all times during the term of Options:
(a) Reserve and keep available for issue such number of shares of its authorized and unissued common stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement;
(b) Pay all original issue taxes with respect to the issue of shares pursuant hereto and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith;
(c) Use its best efforts to comply with all laws and regulations which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, shall be applicable thereto.
DUTIES OF GFS GFS’s duties with respect to Fund Accounting, Fund Administration and Transfer Agency services are detailed in Appendices I, II and III to this Agreement.
(a) In order for GFS to perform the Services, the Trust (i) shall cause all service providers to the Funds of the Trust to furnish any and all information to GFS, and assist GFS as may be required and (ii) shall ensure that GFS has access to all records and documents maintained by the Trust or any service provider to the Trust or a Fund of the Trust.
(b) GFS shall, for all purposes herein, be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust.
(c) Whenever, in the course of performing its duties under this Agreement, GFS determines, on the basis of information supplied to GFS by the Trust, that a violation of applicable law has occurred, or that, to its knowledge, a possible violation of applicable law may have occurred, or with the passage of time could occur, GFS shall promptly notify the Trust and its legal counsel of such violation.
DUTIES OF MSS 1.01 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Trust hereby employs and appoints MSS to act, and MSS agrees to act, as transfer agent for the Trust’s authorized and issued shares of beneficial interest of each class of each portfolio of the Trust (the “Shares”), and as dividend disbursing and redemption agent for the Trust.
1.02 MSS agrees that it will perform the following services:
(a) In accordance with procedures established from time to time by agreement between the Trust and MSS, MSS shall:
(i) Receive for acceptance, orders for the purchase of Shares, and promptly deliver payment and appropriate documentation therefore to the Custodian of the Trust authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Custodian”);
(ii) Pursuant to purchase orders, issue the appropriate number of Shares and hold such Shares in the appropriate Shareholder account;
(iii) Receive for acceptance redemption requests and redemption directions and deliver the appropriate documentation therefore to the Custodian;
(iv) At the appropriate time as and when it receives monies paid to it by the Custodian with respect to any redemption, pay over or cause to be paid over in the appropriate manner such monies as instructed by the redeeming Shareholders;
(v) Effect transfers of Shares by the registered owners thereof upon receipt of appropriate instructions;
(vi) Prepare and transmit payments for dividends and distributions declared by the Trust;
(vii) Maintain records of account for and advise the Trust and its Shareholders as to the foregoing;
(viii) Maintain an Anti-Money Laundering Program in compliance with the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and regulation thereunder, and provide to the Trust a copy of MSS’s Anti-Money Laundering Program;
(ix) Perform such services as are necessary to implement and enforce the Trust’s Anti-Money Laundering Program;
(x) Provide necessary and reasonable access to properly authorized federal examiners so that they can obtain all necessary information and records relating to the AML Program and to inspect MSS’s implementation and operation of the AML Program; and
(xi) Record the issuance of shares of the Trust and maintain pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-10(e) a record of the total number of shares of the Trust which are authorized, based upon data provided to it by the Trust, and issued and outstanding. MSS shall also provide the Trust on a regular basis with the total number of shares which are authorized, issued and outstanding and shall have no obligation, when recording the issuance of shares, to monitor the issuance of such shares or to take cognizance of any laws relating to the issue or sale of such shares, which functions shall be the sole responsibility of the Trust.
(b) In addition, MSS shall perform all of the customary services of a transfer agent, dividend disbursing and redemption agent, including but not limited to: maintaining all Shareholder accounts, preparing Shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing Shareholder reports and prospectuses to current Shareholders, withholding taxes for U.S. resident and non-resident alien accounts, preparing and filing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099 and other appropriate forms required with respect to dividends and distributions by federal authorities for all Shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms and statements of account to Shareholders for all purchases and redemptions of Shares and other confirmable transactions in Shareholder accounts, preparing and mailing activity statements for Shareholders, and providing Shareholder account information and provide a system and reports which will enable the Trust to monitor the total number of Shares sold in each State. Procedures applicable to certain of these services may be established from time to time by agreement between the Trust and MSS.
Responsibilities of Customer 5.1 To the extent that the Supplier requires access to the Customer Site to perform the Services, the Customer shall provide such access during Normal Business Hours and to provide a suitable work environment to enable the Supplier to perform such Services subject to the Supplier complying with such internal policies and procedures of the Customer (including those relating to security and health and safety) as may be notified to the Supplier in writing from time to time.
5.2 The Customer shall co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services and shall appoint a Representative (“Customer Representative”), who shall have authority to commit the Customer on all matters relating to the relevant Service.
5.3 The Customer agrees and acknowledges the terms of the applicable Licence Agreements, Customer Agreement and that such terms shall form part of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the applicable Licence Agreements and/or Customer Agreement is not applicable to the Services being received or delivered by the Supplier to the Customer under this Agreement, such agreements shall not apply.
5.4 Customer shall;
(a) adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy;
(b) be a bona fide licenced user of all Third-Party Software used in the provision of the Services;
(c) co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services as reasonably requested by the Supplier;
(d) adhere to the dates scheduled for provision of Services by the Supplier to the Customer as stated in the applicable Statement of Work or otherwise agreed between the Parties in writing. In the event the Customer wishes to reschedule or cancel the dates for the provision of Services, liquidated damages (“Liquidated Damages”) will become payable from the Customer to Supplier on the following basis:
(i) If dates are changed or cancelled at the Customer’s request more than 14 days before the scheduled start date no Liquidated Damages are payable.
(ii) If dates are changed or cancelled between 7 days and 14 days before the scheduled start date Liquidated Damages equivalent to 50% of the Fees for the Services to be provided at that time will be payable.
(iii) If dates are changed or cancelled less than 7 days before the scheduled start date Liquidated Damages equivalent to 100% of the Fees for the Services to be provided at that time will be payable.
(e) inform the Supplier of all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at any of the Customer’s premises;
(f) in respect of any Microsoft funded services, sign and deliver the Microsoft Proof of Execution (XXX) within 7 days of the date of issue by Microsoft. In the event that the Customer does not return the XXX within the 7 days’ notice period, the Supplier may be entitled to charge the Customer the amounts directly and the Customer shall follow the payment terms in this Agreement.;
(g) maintain continuous global admin access to the Customer’s relevant Microsoft
(h) Where a Microsoft Cloud service is deployed / utilised within the project the Customer shall assign the Supplier to be the Digital Partner of Record for a minimum of twelve (12) months from project completion date;
(i) provide appropriate hardware interface, software and access authorisation to enable remote diagnosis, should such capability be required;
(j) provide all information and make available all resources as reasonably requested by Supplier in the execution of its obligations under this Agreement;
(k) use all reasonable efforts to follow the reasonable instructions of Supplier support personnel with respect to the resolution of defects;
(l) gather all relevant information prior to requesting assistance in respect of any defects including detailed defect description, and procedures required to replicate a problem if possible. Any additional information which may help in the diagnosis of a defect should be included such as network configuration details;
(m) agree that if, in the course of performing the Services, it is reasonably necessary for the Supplier’s performance of its obligations under a Statement of Work for Supplier to access or use any equipment, software or data of the Customer (or which is in the possession of the Customer) then it shall where it is able to do so grant to Supplier a non-exclusive, royalty free, terminable licence to use the same solely for the purpose of delivering the Services only for as long as is strictly necessary to deliver such Services; and
(n) provide network and user access between Customer’s and Supplier’s data centres.
5.5 To the extent that the Supplier requires access to the Customer’s Operating Environment to perform the Dedicated Support, the Customer shall use reasonable endeavours to provide such access during Normal Business Hours and to provide a suitable work environment to enable the Supplier to perform such Dedicated Support subject to the Supplier complying with such internal policies and procedures of the Customer (including those relating to security and health and safety) as may be notified to the Supplier in writing from time to time.
5.6 The Customer shall (unless otherwise specified in the Statement of Work or as otherwise set out in this Agreement):
(a) use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement;
(b) keep secure from third parties any passwords issued to the Customer by the Supplier;
(c) install or, permit the Supplier to install, the current version of software required to provide the Dedicated Support from time to time when upgrades or fixes occur and to provide a reasonable level of assistance in implementation and testing;
(d) provide notice of intention to change applicable Customer-side Equipment or Customer Operating Environment or data-feeds that will directly impact the Dedicated Support;
(e) comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under this Agreement, including those set out in Clause 20;
(f) carry out all other Customer responsibilities set out in this Agreement and the Statement of Work in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any delays in the Customer's provision of such assistance as agreed by the Parties, the Supplier may adjust any timetable or delivery schedule set out in this Agreement as reasonably necessary;
(g) use the Third-Party Software and/or Software correctly in accordance with its operating instructions;
(h) notify Supplier promptly of any problems with the Third-Party Software and/or Software; and
(i) use only versions of the Third-Party Software and/or Software covered by Microsoft in mainstream or extended support unless otherwise agreed in writing.
5.7 In the event that the Customer is in breach of its obligations under the Agreement (excluding payment obligations) then the Supplier shall provide written notice of such breach, specifying in detail the nature of the breach and providing thirty (30) Business Days’ notice to remedy such breach if capable of remedy. If the Customer fails to remedy such breach the Supplier shall be entitled to terminate or suspend the Services without prejudice to any pre-existing rights and obligations of either Party. The Supplier shall have no liability or responsibility should the Services fail to comply with the Statement of Work and/or Service Level Agreements as a direct result of the Customer (including without limitation any of its employees, subcontractors or any of its staff) being in breach of the Agreement.
5.8 In the event that the Customer is in breach of its payment obligations under the Agreement then the Supplier shall provide written notice of such breach, specifying in detail the nature of the breach and providing thirty (30) days notice to remedy such breach if capable of remedy. If the Customer fails to remedy such breach the Supplier shall be entitled to terminate or suspend the Services without prejudice to any pre- existing rights and obligations of either Party. The Supplier shall have no liability or responsibility should the Services fail to comply with the Statement of Work and/or Service Level Agreements as a direct result of the Customer (including without limitation any of its employees, subcontractors or any of its staff) being in breach of the Agreement.
Duties of Consultant The Consultant agrees that it will generally provide the following specified consulting services through its officers and employees during the term specified in Section 1, above.
(a) Consult with and assist the Company in developing and implementing appropriate plans and means for presenting the Company and its business plans, strategy and personnel to the financial community, establishing an image for the Company in the financial community, and creating the foundation for subsequent financial public relations efforts;
(b) Introduce the Company to the financial community, including, but not limited to, retail brokers, buy side and sell side institutional managers, portfolio managers, analysts, and financial public relations professionals;
(c) With the cooperation of the Company, maintain an awareness during the term of this Agreement of the Company’s plans, strategy and personnel, as they may evolve during such period, and consult and assist the Company in communicating appropriate information regarding such plans, strategy and personnel to the financial community;
(d) Assist and consult the Company with respect to its (i) relations with stockholders, (ii) relations with brokers, dealers, analysts and other investment professionals, and (iii) financial public relations generally;
(e) Perform the functions generally assigned to stockholder relations and public relations departments in major corporations, including responding to telephone and written inquiries (which may be referred to the Consultant by the Company); reviewing press releases before they are released by the Company as well as reports and other communications with or to shareholders, the investment community and the general public; consulting with respect to the timing, form, distribution and other matters related to such releases, reports and communications; and, at the Company’s request and subject to the Company’s securing its own rights to the use of its names, marks, and logos, consulting with respect to corporate symbols, logos, names, the presentation of such symbols, logos and names, and other matters relating to corporate image;
(f) Upon and with the Company’s direction and written approval, disseminate information regarding the Company to shareholders, brokers, dealers, other investment community professionals and the general investing public;
(g) Upon and with the Company’s direction, conduct meetings, in person or by telephone, with brokers, dealers, analysts and other investment professionals to communicate with them regarding the Company’s plans, goals and activities, and assist the Company in preparing for press conferences and other forums involving the media, investment professionals and the general investment public;
(h) At the Company’s request, review business plans, strategies, mission statements budgets, proposed transactions and other plans for the purpose of advising the Company of the public relations implications thereof; and
(i) Otherwise perform as the Company’s consultant for public relations and relations with financial professionals.
Duties of Subadviser (a) Subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and the Adviser, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund, with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by the Adviser from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”), with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of the Adviser or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Adviser will provide the Subadviser with reasonable advance notice of any change in a Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in the Prospectus and SAI, and the Subadviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, manage the Subadviser Assets consistent with such changes, provided that the Subadviser has received prompt notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Trust or the Adviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions, all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or the Adviser provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies.
(b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein.
(c) Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Fund authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange, to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Trust which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Trust hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv) provided the transaction complies with the Trust’s Rule 17e-1 policies and procedures.
(d) Unless the Adviser advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to the Adviser or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with the Adviser or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to the Adviser. The Subadviser also agrees to provide information to the Adviser or the Trust regarding proxies voted with respect to the Allocated Assets pursuant this section at such times and in a format requested by the Adviser or the Trust.
(e) The Subadviser will monitor the security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in a current market transaction, the Subadviser will notify the Adviser promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with the Adviser in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s valuation meetings.
Duties of Provider 5. D e-Identified Data. Section 5 (De-Identified Data) of Article IV (Duties of Provider) of the SDPA is hereby modified by deleting “indirectly” from the last sentence and by deleting the second to last sentence and replacing with the following sentence: “Except for Subprocessors, Provider agrees not to transfer de- identified Student Data to any party unless (a) that party agrees in writing not to attempt re-identification, and (b) that party agrees to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to Student Data privacy and security, all as may be amended from time to time.”
Duties of Sub Advisor In carrying out its obligations under Section 1 hereof, the Sub-Advisor shall:
(a) provide the Fund with such executive, administrative and clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors;
(b) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the Fund's portfolio and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of Directors;
(c) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and sales of the securities of such issuers and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of Directors;
(d) take, on behalf of the Fund, all actions which appear to the Fund necessary to carry into effect such purchase and sale programs as aforesaid, including the placing of orders for the purchase and sale of securities of the Fund; and
(e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the Fund, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose securities are included in the Fund's portfolio or the activities in which they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor considers desirable for inclusion in the Fund's portfolio.
